With the extraordinary events of Book #2 and the Secret of the Russian Rye behind him, Zin Mignon's quest turns to his shadowy family history. The 14 year-old phenom Chef reaches the squalid peasants' orphanages in the hinterlands of Russia. But with his pal Jenny, all they find are skinny kids and crushing conditions. Ah, but Zin has fame. And an appetite to help. Thus, he cooks up a daring charitable scheme to feed the planet's poorest kids. In the globetrotting Book 3, Zin does his finest cooking ever. Blindsided by one revelation after another, join Zin as he moves ever closer to the astonishing secrets baked into his mysterious past.MICHAEL DASWICK is the award-winning author of the Zin Mignon series and Chip Rock and the Fat Old Fart,